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Melanie Schmitz
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irishtimes.com
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
melslien.bsky.social
"Oduro said he texted his parents in what he thought might be his last message to them.

'I texted them, and I said, "I love you all and I'm sorry for all the trouble that I put you through and I just love you all, and I'm thankful for all of your lives,"'" he said.

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'We made eye contact': Brown University student describes alleged gunman bursting into lecture hall
Brown University student Joseph Oduro said he was in a lecture hall when a gunman wielding a rifle burst through the door and locked eyes with him.
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
melslien.bsky.social
"and we'll call it 'The Low-cal Calzone Zone'"
abbyhiggs.bsky.social Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · Nov 16
Your outtie met the pope
Adam Scott meeting the pope
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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benjaminpenn.bsky.social
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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bradheath.bsky.social
Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has retroactively appointed former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan as a "special attorney" for DOJ and has "ratified" all of her actions to date, including her presentations to the grand juries that indicted Trump's foes.
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

@miamiherald.com
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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tracyjan.bsky.social
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
melslien.bsky.social
The prosecutors were told Wednesday that they would be "put on leave after filing a legal brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as being carried out by 'thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters.'"

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DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said 'mob' of 'rioters' carried out Jan. 6 attack
Two federal prosecutors have been told they will be put on leave after filing a brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attackers a "mob of rioters," sources say.
abcnews.go.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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vox.com
The Rev. Quincy Worthington was protesting an ICE facility located outside of Chicago when his friend, the Rev. David Black, was shot in the back of the head with a pepper bullet and pepper-sprayed in the face.

He's returned to protest every weekend since.
What a pastor saw ICE do to protesters outside Chicago
Officers shot his friend and fellow pastor with a pepper bullet. He kept going back to protest.
www.vox.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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zeyiyang.bsky.social
If you remember this video of Chinese guys mimicking AI, then I've got a treat for you: I just talked to its creator, a 29-year-old actor in Hangzhou named Mu Tianran 穆天然, about how he captures AI slop's essensse so well, and why Sora 2 made him worry about his job.
www.wired.com/story/made-i...
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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washingtonpost.com
He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.
America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.
He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
melslien.bsky.social
THEY BROKE THE CURSE

FOR UECK
October 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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sherylnyt.bsky.social
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
melslien.bsky.social
"'This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts & prayers during this difficult time,' the university said in a statement."

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Beloved March Madness icon Sister Jean dies at 106
The team chaplain became famous during Loyola's underdog March Madness run.
abcnews.go.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
melslien.bsky.social
Thank goodness I didn't get on Bad Step
An escalator step with white letters scrawled across it reading "Bad Step"
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
melslien.bsky.social
The gods have cursed m(k)e
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
They're calling it the most Jaguars touchdown in history
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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oliverdarcy.bsky.social
News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
As I recently wrote, "globalist" has long been a term that antisemites have used to attack and demonize Jews.

link.motherjones.com/public/41852...
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · Oct 6
UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."
Homeland Security @DHSgov RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY! This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago. Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN @MicahBock Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS 1:03/3:09
October 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: Here's the memo from Pete Hegseth purporting to federalize up to 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployment in Portland, Chicago, and elsewhere, under Title 10, section 12406. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD THROUGH: THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS SUBJECT: Calling Members of the Texas National Guard into Federal Service On June 7, 2025, the President of the United States called forth at least 2,000 National Guard personnel into Federal service pursuant to section 12406 of title 10, U.S. Code, to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other U.S. Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect Federal property, at locations where violent demonstrations against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur based on current threat assessments and planned operations. On October 4, 2025, the President determined that violent incidents, as well as the credible threat of continued violence, are impeding the execution of the laws of the United States in Illinois, Oregon, and other locations throughout the United States. The President has authorized me to coordinate with you on the mobilization of up to 400 members of the Texas National Guard under section 12406 of title 10, U.S. Code. The orders will be effective immediately for an initial period of 60 days, and be subject to extension, to perform federal protection missions where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau will immediately coordinate the details of the mobilization with you, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Commander, U.S. Northern Command. The mobilized Service members will be under the command and control of the Commander, U.S. Northern Command. Signed, Pete Hegseth CC: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chief, National Guard Bureau Commander, U.S. Northern Command Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
October 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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boltsmag.org
The Hawaii Constitution offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling, taking a shot at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM